The Teaching Academy Podcast
The Teaching Academy Podcast was launched as part of the CHSS Teaching Academy’s effort to foster teaching excellence in the health and social sciences by sharing resources that enhance teaching effectiveness and promote optimal faculty performance and student success. Our podcast interviews, moderated by members of the Academy’s advisory committee, include conversations with faculty members focused on how they incorporate equity and social justice into their teaching. These discussions, along with our Virtual Resource Center, are meant to offer practical support and guidance that help faculty members at all ranks become exceptional teachers.
The Teaching Academy Podcast
Approaches to Coming Back to In Person Classes
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CHSS Teaching Academy
Associate Professor of Sociology & Sexuality Studies Valerie Francisco-Menchavez and Assistant Professor of Sociology & Sexuality Studies Jen Reck engage in conversation about what it has been like to return to in-person instruction. Faculty and students alike have had to grapple with their own feelings around returning to campus and misgivings about being back in the classroom. Reck treated the first in-person session as a “get to know you” time to help students get comfortable with one another and be together in one space. Many of our students are on a college campus for the first time ever, so it is important for instructors to remember that acclimation is essential for the remote to in-person transition.